Fast charging a Nissan Leaf electric car at an electrical charging point offering an EV 30 minute charge. The Nissan Leaf (Leading, Environmentally Friendly, Affordable, Family) is a five-door hatchback electric Nissan car. Its official range is 117 kilometres with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 2.4 L/100 km. The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle. CHAdeMO is the trade name of a quick charging method for battery electric vehicles delivering up to 62.5 kW of high-voltage direct current via a special electrical connector. CHAdeMO is an abbreviation of "CHArge de MOve", equivalent to "charge for moving". The name is a pun for O cha demo ikaga desuka in Japanese, (or "How about some tea?"), referring to the time it would take to charge a car.